In a four-year period, eight patients with mitomycin C extravasation ulcers were encountered. Mitomycin C extravasation produces a painful indolent ulcer that does not have any tendency to heal. If extravasation of the drug is recognized, infusion should be stopped immediately, and the site of infus
Mitomycin C extravasation injuries
β Scribed by Louis C. Argenta; Ernest K. Manders
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 617 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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